FBI once again raids offices of friend of Menendez

3:25 PM,
Oct. 22, 2013

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Federal law enforcement officials once again have raided the offices of a West Palm Beach, Fla., eye doctor who is personal friends with U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.

The raid, reported in the Palm Beach Post, took place Tuesday morning. The news organization's website said about 15 to 20 agents from both the FBI and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spent nearly three hours at Dr. Solomon Melgen's offices before carting off several boxes in a fan.

Melgen's offices were also raided in January, and reports said the raid centered around irregularities with Medicare billing. ...